Peer-Reviewed Publication AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY Washington, D.C.— A new study demonstrates that the human gut microbiome may be a factor in breast health. Lifestyle and diet have long been known to affect human health. In the study, flaxseed components called lignans were shown to influence the relationship between gut microorganisms and the expression of...
Month: <span>December 2023</span>
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New research demonstrates beef meals result in higher muscle protein synthesis rates than vegan meals
Evidence adds to growing body of research showing protein food sources are key to building and maintaining musclePeer-Reviewed Publication MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Long-standing research has shown that consuming dietary protein stimulates muscle protein synthesis, which is a critical factor for building and maintaining skeletal muscle mass. Growing evidence has illustrated that animal- and plant-based...
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New protein linked to early-onset dementia identified
by UK Research and Innovation Credit: UK Research and Innovation Most neurodegenerative diseases, including dementias, involve proteins aggregating into filaments called amyloids. In most of these diseases, researchers have identified the proteins that aggregate, allowing them to target these proteins for diagnostic tests and treatments. But, in around 10% of cases of frontotemporal dementia, scientists had...
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Can experienced meditators voluntarily turn off their consciousness?
by BIAL Foundation Graphical abstract. Credit: Neuropsychologia (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108694 A study reveals that experienced meditators are able to voluntarily modulate their state of consciousness during meditation. In other words, they have the unusual ability, without the use of drugs, to induce a momentary void of consciousness during cessations through large-scale modulation of brain activity....
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Early childhood fish consumption may protect against neurodevelopmental delays
by Pennsylvania State University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adding fish to a toddler’s repertoire of finger foods may help protect them from neurodevelopmental delays, according to researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine. The team studied 142 children from birth to age 18 months and found that consuming fish at least once a week was...
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AI accurately predicts cancer outcomes from tissue samples
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Illustration of using Ceograph for pathology image classification. a Flowchart of traditional image classification (upper arrow) and Ceograph (bottom arrow). The Ceograph method includes nuclei identification through HD-Staining, graph construction, and classification. The application to lung cancer histology subtype classification is used as an example. The image patches are 1024 × 1024 pixels...
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Clues to preventing Alzheimer’s come from patient who evaded disease, despite genetics
by Washington University School of Medicine Credit: Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.11.029 Alzheimer’s disease has plagued one large Colombian family for generations, striking down half of its members in the prime of life. But one member of that family evaded what had seemed would be fate: Despite inheriting the genetic defect that caused her relatives to develop...
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Healthy plant-based diet reduces diabetes risk by 24%, finds study
by Medical University of Vienna Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many type 2 diabetes cases could be avoided by adopting a healthy lifestyle. A plant-based diet has been shown to play a key role in this. As demonstrated in a study led by Tilman Kühn from MedUni Vienna’s Center for Public Health, with limitations, a more plant-based...
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New evidence suggests link between gut health and Parkinson’s disease
by Alexis Porter, Duke University Credit: JCI Insight (2023). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.172192 While previous studies suggest Parkinson’s disease begins in the gut and spreads to the brain, how the process occurs has been elusive. Now, a pre-clinical study led by Duke Health researchers provides new evidence that bolsters the gut-brain connection. Reporting Dec. 8 in the journal...
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Miniature marvels: Wireless millirobots successfully navigate arteries
by University of Twente Credit: University of Twente For the first time ever, wireless millirobots navigated a narrow blood vessel both along and against arterial flow. Researchers from the University of Twente and Radboudumc inserted the screw-shaped robots in a detached aorta with kidneys where they controlled them using a robotically controlled rotating magnet. The researchers...